Katie Waddell

I don’t know if it’s spring fever or that post about Faith Holland’s cumshot collection, but this GIF just feels right. It comes (no pun intended) from Christian J. Peterson, designer, digital curator, and GIF lord. This GIF of the day comes with a question of the day: Are those two faces licking a super drippy popsicle, or is that vase just happy to see me?

What do goat puns, poetry recitations, vegetable trivia, and stand-up comedy have in common? They’re all things you might see at a talent show for farmers. This might sound like an SNL skit, but it’s 100-percent real, and I have the iPhone pics to prove it.

The internet is taking over the world! Virtualism, digital currency, and MindClones are giving the IRL art world a run for its BitCoins. Even if tech-savvy art isn’t your thing, all of these events are a reason to take a much-needed break from your laptop.

That is, the artist and freshman at School of the Art Institute (SAIC) is requesting that SAIC President Walter Massey pass this proposal on to West. She started a Facebook event and Twitter feed so the project could gain some momentum. When I spoke to her on the phone last Saturday, she’d landed a meeting with President Massey, and was excited to pass on her idea to the administration.

The art world must have speculative fiction on the brain. The week starts with a discussion of the art of 2050 and continues with art about the seen and unseen (“the unknown” is a pervasive theme this week). There’s also a lot having to do with data: the good, the bad, and the ugly—depending on how you feel about infographics.

For one housing complex in Mumbai, monkeys are the new rats. Sounds kinda cute until you read the article and realize that it’s actually terrifying because monkeys 1) are smart enough to figure out sliding glass windows and elevator buttons, 2) have long, pointy teeth, and 3) straight-up give no fucks. Yikes. [Mid-day]

Ready for your daily dose of low self-esteem? These 40 individuals represent the most “talented, driven and dynamic” professionals under the age of 40 who are working in New York City today. @juliaxgulia and overachievers everywhere. [Crain’s New York Business]

Job interviews are tough enough. Bringing up personal stuff, like maybe wanting to start a family and needing to know that it won’t be a problem, can make it even more awkward. So now there’s a Tumblr that attempts to catalog maternity/paternity/family leave policies so job seekers know what they’re getting into when they sign on with a new company. [Having it Some]

This week, it’s art for all your senses. Start the week with a cinematic sensory overload. Taper off with some quiet contemplation and intentional time-wasting. Watch a very different kind of silent film, take a hands-on approach to roaming the city, or consume some art—literally, at a dinner party. What else is on this week’s menu? Cyborgs, activists, and dead squirrels. Yum.

When you go to Julian Glander’s website, you’ve got some options. You can check out his animation, branded content, illustration, and games, or click on “beer,” “xmas,” “dogs,” “puking,” “hamburgers,” “blobs,” and “super cute.” I don’t know about you, but I appreciate any designer-artist whose range officially extends into adverb-adjective territory.